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(S2O-808) The Scottish Executive has announced funding of £27 million over the next three years for 20mph school safety zones. Highland Council's share is more than £1.2 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2000
It is particularly important to implement those measures outside schools and that is why the Executive has an objective of extending 20mph zones to all Scotland's schools.
What impact does the minister expect that the schemes to introduce 20mph zones around schools and in residential areas will have in reducing the number of child casualties from road traffic accidents?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2006
Local authorities are asked toprovide details twice yearly of the number of schools in their area which have hada 20mph speed limit implemented. By the end of June 2006, 20mph schemes were inplace at two-thirds of schools.
If we drop the speed limit from 60 to 57mph, somebody will not suddenly say, “Oh, I’d better drive at 50,” when they have been driving at 70mph. They will continue to drive 20mph faster than the speed limit rather than 10mph faster.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2000
The pilot projects are testing the effectiveness of 20mph schemes which do not include the use of relatively expensive engineering measures to force down the speed of traffic.